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Preferred Citation

Ebenezer Kingsley's Order to Town Treasurer to Pay Nathaniel Sears, 1738 May 8, Manuscript # MS 2000.26, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1981.

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Scope and Content Information

Town treasurer ordered to pay Searls N4.17.0 for keeping the minister one half of the year and two Sabbaths. Signed by Ebenezer Kingsley, John Wait, and Phineas King. Written in Kingsley's hand.

Index Terms

Persons:

• King, Phineas.
• Searls, Nathaniel.
• Wait, John.

Subjects:

• Clergy --Salaries, etc. --England --History --18th century.

Geographical Names:

• Northamptonshire (England) --Officials and employees --History --18th century.